Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Regina Minor Football forced to reschedule games due to thick smoke
While the smoke cleared out a bit for the Saskatchewan Roughriders' game on Sunday, other football players in the province had to miss their games on the long weekend. Regina Minor Football had to pos...
Sep 05, 2023 Regina Minor Football games at Leibel Field were cancelled Monday due to wildfire smoke. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. one of two provinces with a reduction in per-student funding: Report
It appears Saskatchewan has been lagging behind other provinces when it comes to money in schools. According to a new report from the Fraser Institute looking at public school funding between the 2012...
Aug 30, 2023 Saskatchewan saw a decrease of 10 per cent in inflation-adjusted, per-student spending from 2012-13 to 2020-21. (980 CJME file photo)
Premier doubles down on education policy changes
Speaking to reporters for the first time on the issue since they were announced, Premier Scott Moe doubled down and defended the education policy changes around sex education and gender. Moe said his ...
Aug 30, 2023 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe. Aug. 29, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
New education minister reiterates Sask. government position on school policies
Education has been right in the middle of the spotlight for the past week after announcements were made about sex education and gender policy changes -- and now there's a new minister at the helm. Jer...
Aug 29, 2023 Jeremy Cockrill was appointed to a new position as Saskatchewan's education minister on Aug. 29, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan school divisions working through pronoun, sex ed policy changes
A week after Education Minister Dustin Duncan's announcement and a week away from classes starting again, many school divisions in the province are still trying to figure out how to deal with the new ...
Aug 28, 2023 The Regina Catholic School Division is still examining the Government of Saskatchewan's policy changes on pronouns and sexual education. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. sees highest percentage agree with parental consent for pronoun change: Poll
It appears that people in Saskatchewan are split on whether a parent's consent should be required for a child's pronoun change at school, but more lean toward "yes" in Saskatchewan than in other provi...
Aug 28, 2023 Angus Reid has conducted a poll about students changing their names or pronouns at school. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan mother plans human rights complaint over school policy changes
Saskatoon's Fran Forsberg is no stranger to a fight, having gone to court -- multiple times -- in past years to argue for her kids' rights. Now she's planning to do it again. Forsberg was part of a gr...
Aug 24, 2023 A transgender pride flag flies in Regina (980 CJME)
'Shocking ignorance:' Director of sex assault centre worried about changes in classrooms
The head of a centre working to prevent sexual violence is deeply concerned about changes in Saskatchewan's classrooms. There's been a lot of frustration in the past couple days around the provincial ...
Aug 24, 2023 The Regina Sexual Assault Centre is concerned about the recent changes to sexual education classes in Saskatchewan schools. (Regina Sexual Assault Centre/Submitted)
'Ripples of shock and confusion:' Communities still coming to terms with new Sask. school policies
Members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community described themselves as "shocked," "appalled" and "heartbroken" when they found out about the changes the provincial government is making in Saskatchewan schools. E...
Aug 23, 2023 A transgender pride flag flies in Regina. (980 CJME)
'Very complex issues': Sask. gov't installs parental consent for sex ed, pronoun change
Just a couple of weeks before kids are set to head back to classrooms in Saskatchewan, the provincial government has unveiled a new set of policies around sex education and gender and pronoun changes....
Aug 22, 2023 Education Minister Dustin Duncan on Aug. 22, 2023. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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